Well, you can format the drive and make it as excellent cross-platform compatible to work with both Windows and Mac. And they are incompatible with each other! Now, the question is how to make hard drive compatible with Mac and PCs? While Windows uses NTFS file system, Mac hard drives are formatted with HFS file system. The irony is that, by default, Windows and Mac use different file systems.
Make your hard disk or USB flash drive compatible to both Mac and Windows PCs using this easy step by step guide.